This second print edition of Bloody Shovel's first volume contains a number of updates and formatting changes to improve readability and enhance content. The first volume stretches from "Human culture in a nutshell" in 2011 to 'Demographics' in 2015.

Spandrell started his blog, Bloody Shovel, in 2011 and since then developed a few theories which were influential to reactionary theory. The background of his thought is that modern Civilization is on a death spiral. Spandrell uses the insights taken from world history, the theory of evolution and pragmatic philosophy to understand why.